Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-02
CURIOUS CONT ENsArroNs

lars of any young man in England.
A Canaioharic editor has an eve to busi-
ness. lie offers his paper for year to
1.-THE farmer who will lay the largest egg
on his editorial table"
In boring well near Pine Grove, Es-
meralda county, Nevada, steam of a
temperature hot enough to cook potatoes
was struck at depth of 60 feet below
the surface.
Prince Bismarck has resumed his
open air drives. appearing almost daily
in the Thiergarten, either on horseback
or in an open carriage, and is always
heartily cheeIed by the people.
Father Anderledy. the successor of
Father Beckx as the Superior General of
the Jesuits, is noted for his skill as
linguist. He speaks and writes all i'm
portant languages with facility
Nathaniel Jones, of Chicago, is srend-
ing $1,000 on magnificent house on
the shores of Lake Michigan. He made
the money in single deal in Pullman
stock in conjunction with George NJ.
Pullman and others.
Gideon Thompson, of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, celebrated his 03d birthday re-
Gently, and over six hundred of his fell
low townsmen called on him, among
them twenty persons over ninety years
old.
That rarity among animals, a white
weasel. was killed recently at Tuscola,
Ill. The only variation from a pure
white was one inch at the end of the
tail, which was jet black.
The Hebrew chronicle, by an eye-wit-
ness, of the expulsion of the Jews from
Spain, discovered in the east by DR..
Harkavy, of st. Petersburg, has been
acquired by the Bodleian Library
A piece of gold ore about the size of
babys fist, found near Alexander City,
Ala, was recently sold in New York for
S22. A large amount of this orc has
been found in the Tallapora hills, and
owners are holding their lands at high
figure.
AS in England, fiction heads the last
years record of publications in America.
There were 4s2 works of fiction pub
lished during 1886, against All religious
books and lis relating to biography.
The general list consists of 3,70S vol
umes, and the ''library volumes"-that
is, pirated works chief y-of 1851 pub
locations.
A COW belonging to a farmer near
Oakland, Md, gave birth to a calf
which had two well developed and per.
fectly formed heads, each head having
two eyes and perfectly formed mouth
When the calf bleated the noise came
from each mouth. 1t lived about 40
hours. DR.. J. Lee McComas sent the
skin to Washington to have it mounted.
J. S. Keyser, of Ponca, Neb., while
sinking shaft for coal Immediately
north of town discovered o stone of
rare brllliancy weighing three half
ounces. 1t was taken to Sioux City
where it was examined by number of
jewelers. and pronounced diamond of
good Quality. The find has produced
the widest excitement at Ponca. The
stone will be taken to new York for fur
Their examination.
Forty-nine years ago the father o!
Harrison Gilbert, of Chill, ILL.,, bought
a two-year-old pony from the Indians.
When the war of the Rebellion began
the pony was % years old, but Mr.. Gil
bert rode him all through the war, and
neither was hurt. The old fellow still
lives, tenderly cared for. He hasn't
tooth in his head, lives on corn bread
and Iran mash, and is probably the old.
est horse in america, if not in the
world.
The natives of Ceylon have queer
boats. They are quite long and SO mar,
row, says correspondent, that | could
not keep in one of them without putting
one leg in front of the other. The whole
affair stands we'll up out of the water.
and is Kept from capsizing by long
balance log about six feet out from the
boat and secured to it by two slightly
curved spars. All that saw had small
square rags for sails, which could only
be set with a free wind. When the wind
gets strong, one or more of the crew are
sent out to squat ON the balance log, the
number found necessary for this pur-
pose denoIing the strength of the wind
thus they speak of one man gale, o
two>man gale, and so on, They are
said to be excellent seaboats and to
make good speed. but no one accuses
them of being comfortable.
About five or six miles from Baldwin,
Fla. there lives al old woman who, when
she was about to die, made her children
promise to never put her under the
grou.d. She told them if they did she
would come back and haunt them.
They faithf lily complied with her COM
mands. They made plain coffin
out of the Florida heart pine. carried
her to the graveyard and placed the cof-
fin cast and west ON top Of the ground
and built a good log pen over it
where the writer saw her after about 80
years in this position. That was nearly
10 years ago. The little house was in
gaod state preservation, so was the cof-
fin, but the curious people had forced
the lid oil to see the condition of the
body. Most of the body had decayed
but some parts were in natural posi-
ton. Her descendants met some two
years ago and repaired the place.
Two weeks ago Johnny Murphy, lad
of Vincennes, Ind, disappeared, and no
trace of him could be found. Uncle Joe
Roseman thought the boy was drowned
and visited the Wabash daily. On Sat-
urday night he dreamed that he stood
by the river and saw a ripple that mark.
ed where the body lay. The dream